Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Watchman tell us of the night
Topic: Christ/The Nativity
Writer: <no first name given> Bowring
Composer:
Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 128
Page Number: 079, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWatchman, tell us of the night
What its signs of promise are.
Traveler, o'er yon mountain's hight
See that glory-beaming star!
Watchman, does its beauteous ray
Aught of joy or hope foretell?
Traveler, yet: it brings the day,
Promised day of Israel.
Watchman, tell us of the night:
Higher yet that star ascends.
Traveler, blessedness and light,
Peace and truth, it course portends.
Watchman, will its beams alone
Gild the spot that gave them birth?
Traveler, ages are its own:
See! its bursts o'er all the earth!
Watchman, tell us of the night,
For the morning seems to dawn.
Traveler, darkness takes its flight,
Doubt and terror are withdrawn.
Watchman, let thy wandering cease;
Hie thee to thy quiet home.
Traveler, lo! the Prince of Peace,
Lo! the Son of God is come!